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Arista Records. Arista Records ist ein 1974 vom kurz zuvor entlassenen Chef von Columbia Records Clive Davis gegründetes Musiklabel, als Unter-Label von Columbia Pictures (die nichts mit Columbia Records zu tun haben), die ihn als Berater anheuerten.
- 1974–2011; 2018-heute
- Sony Music Entertainment
This is a list of artists who record or have recorded for Arista Records. Listed in parentheses are names of affiliated labels. Artists known by their full name are listed categorically by last name.
- Background
- Subsidiary Imprint Labels
- Acquisitions, Sell-Offs
- Milli Vanilli Controversy
- Reconstructing Arista and The L.A. Reid Years
- Dissolution and Revival
After being fired from CBS Records, Clive Davis was recruited by Alan Hirschfield, then-CEO of Columbia Pictures, in June 1974 to be a consultant for the company's record and music operations. Shortly after his hiring by CPI, Davis became president of Bell Records, replacing the departing Larry Uttal. Davis's real goal was to reorganize and revital...
Arista had an imprint label in the 1970s called Arista Novus, which focused on contemporary jazz artists. It distributed two other jazz labels, Arista Freedom, which specialized in avant-garde jazz and, until 1982, GRP Records, which specialized in contemporary jazz and what came to be known as smooth jazz. A country music division, Career Records,...
Looking to stave off bankruptcy, Columbia Pictures sold Arista to German-based Ariola Records, a unit of Bertelsmann, on July 27, 1979; the acquisition was completed on October 1 of that year. After Arista lost $12 million in 1982, Bertelsmann sold a 50% interest in the company to RCA Recordsin 1983. In 1985, RCA and Bertelsmann merged their music ...
In 1989, Arista Records signed Milli Vanilli, a contemporary R&B duo consisting of Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan that was based in Germany. The label released its debut album, Girl You Know It's True, which was a remixed and re-edited version of All or Nothing, which had been out in Europe the previous year. The album was certified sextuple platinum i...
At the end of the year 2000, following its 25th anniversary, BMG fired Davis as president/CEO due to age restrictions. Although Davis was still one of the most successful record heads in the entire music industry, BMG had an age restriction policy. L.A. Reidsucceeded Davis as Arista's president/CEO. Under Reid, the label had success with newer acts...
After the Sony-BMG merger, LaFace Records was eventually revived; the label was now fully owned by Sony-BMG and began operating under the JIVE Label Group. During the summer of 2011, the RCA Music Group underwent a restructuring that saw the elimination of the Arista name later on that year, along with sister labels J Records and Jive. RCA Records ...
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- New York City, U.S.
- Clive Davis
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Arista Records ist ein 1974 vom kurz zuvor entlassenen Chef von Columbia Records Clive Davis gegründetes Musiklabel, als Unter-Label von Columbia Pictures (die nichts mit Columbia Records zu tun haben), die ihn als Berater anheuerten.
